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Of Markus Piotrowski

2021
Quintana, J, Bernal, M.I., Scholle, M., Holländer-Czytko, H., Nga, T.N., Piotrowski, M., Mendoza-Cozatl, D.G., Hayden, M.J., and Krämer U. (2021) Root-to-shoot iron partitioning in Arabidopsis requires IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 (IRT1) protein but not its iron(II) transport function. Plant J., in press

Woude, L.V., Piotrowski, M., Klaasse, G., Paulus, J.K., Krahn, D., Ninck, S., Kaschani, F., Kaiser, M., Novák, O., Ljung, K., et al. (2021) The chemical compound 'Heatin' stimulates hypocotyl elongation and interferes with the Arabidopsis NIT1-subfamily of nitrilases. Plant J., 106:1523-1540

Frerigmann, H., Piotrowski, M., Lemke, R, Bednarek, P., and Schulze-Lefert, P. (2021) A network of phosphate starvation and immune-related signaling and metabolic pathways controls the interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and the beneficial fungus Colletotrichum tofieldiae. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact., 34:560-570


2018
Woodward, J.D., Trompetter, I., Sewell, B.T., and Piotrowski, M. (2018) Substrate specificity of plant nitrilase complexes is affected by their helical twist. Commun. Biol., 1:186


2017
Kracht, O.N., Amman, A-C., Stockmann, J., Wibberg, D., Kalinowski, J., Piotrowski, M., Kerr, R., Brück, T. and Kourist, R. (2017) Transcriptome profiling of the Australian arid-land plant Eremophila serrulata (A.DC.) Druce (Scrophulariaceae) for the identification of monoterpene synthases. Phytochemistry, 136:15-22

Lehmann, T., Janowitz, T., Sánchez-Parra, B., Pérez Alonso, M-M., Trompetter, I., Piotrowski, M., and Pollmann, S. (2017) Arabidopsis NITRILASE1 contributes to the regulation of root growth and development through modulation of auxin biosynthesis in seedlings. Front. Plant Sci., 8:36


2013
Bohne, A.V., Schwarz, C., Schottkowski, M., Lidschreiber, M., Piotrowski, M., Zerges, W., and Nickelsen, J. (2013) Reciprocal regulation of protein synthesis and carbon metabolism for thylakoid membrane biogenesis. PLoS Biol., 11:e1001482


2012
Stauber, E.J., Kuczka, P., van Ohlen, M., Vogt, B., Janowitz, T., Piotrowski, M., Beuerle, T., and Wittstock, U. (2012) Turning the 'mustard oil bomb' into a 'cyanide bomb': aromatic glucosinolate metabolism in a specialist insect herbivore. PloS One, 7:e35545


2011
Gesell, A., Díaz Chávez, M.L., Kramell, R., Piotrowski, M., Macheroux, P., and Kutchan, T.M. (2011) Heterologous expression of two FAD-dependent oxidases with (S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase activity from Argemone mexicana and Berberis wilsoniae in insect cells. Planta, 233:1185-1197


2009
Benz, M., Bals, T., Gügel, I.L., Piotrowski, M., Kuhn, A., Schünemann, D., Soll, J., and Ankele, E. (2009) Alb4 of Arabidopsis promotes assembly and stabilisation of a non chlorophyll-binding photosynthetic complex, the CF₁CF₀-ATP synthase. Mol. Plant, 2:1410-1426

Janowitz, T., Trompetter, I., and Piotrowski, M. (2009) Evolution of nitrilases in glucosinolate-containing plants. Phytochemistry, 70:1680-1686

Kong, F.J., Li, Y., Abe, J., Liu, B., Schaller, F., Piotrowski, M., Otagaki, S., Takahashi, K., Matsuura, H., Yoshihara, T. and Nabeta, K. (2009) Expression of allene oxide cyclase from Pharbitis nil upon theobroxide treatment. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73:1007-1013

Banerjee, A., Dubey, S., Kaul, P., Barse, B., Piotrowski, M., and Banerjee, U.C. (2009) Enantioselective nitrilase from Pseudomonas putida: Cloning, heterologous expression, and bioreactor studies. Mol. Biotechnol., 41:35-41

Hossain, M.B., Piotrowski, M., Lensing, J., and Gau, A. (2009) Inhibition of conidial growth of Venturia inaequalis by the extracellular protein fraction from the antagonistic bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Bk3. Biological Control, 48:133-139


2008
Morant, A.V., Bjarnholt, N., Kragh, M.E., Kjærgaard, C.H.; Jørgensen, K., Paquette, S.M., Piotrowski, M., Imberty, A., Olsen, C.E., Møller, B.L., and Bak, S. (2008) The β-glucosidases responsible for bio-activation of hydroxynitrile glucosides in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol., 147:1072-1091

Piotrowski, M. (2008) Primary or secondary? Versatile nitrilases in plant metabolism. Phytochemistry, 69:2655-2667


2007
Jenrich, R., Trompetter, I., Bak, S., Olsen, C.E., Møller, B.L., and Piotrowski, M. (2007) Evolution of heteromeric nitrilase complexes in Poaceae with new functions in nitrile metabolism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104:18848-18853

Schwarz, C., Elles, I., Kortmann, J., Piotrowski, M., and Nickelsen, J. (2007) Synthesis of the D2 protein of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas is controlled by a high molecular mass complex containing the RNA stabilization factor Nac2 and the translational activator RBP40. Plant Cell, 19:3627-3639

Kriechbaumer, V., Park, W.J., Piotrowski, M., Meeley, R.B., Gierl, A., and Glawischnig, E. (2007) Maize nitrilases have a dual role in auxin homeostasis and β-cyanoalanine hydrolysis. J. Exp. Bot., 58:4225-4233

Baumann, S., Sander, A., Gurnon, J.R., Yanai-Balser, G., Van Etten, J.L., and Piotrowski, M. (2007) Chlorella viruses contain genes encoding a complete polyamine biosynthetic pathway. Virology, 360:209-217

Nowrousian, M., Piotrowski, M., and Kück, U. (2007) Multiple layers of temporal and spatial control regulate accumulation of the fruiting body-specific protein APP in Sordaria macrospora and Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genet. Biol., 44:602-614


2006
Piotrowski, M. and Volmer, J.J. (2006) Cyanide metabolism in higher plants: Cyanoalanine hydratase is a NIT4 homolog. Plant Mol. Biol., 61:111-122

Balczun, C., Bunse, A., Schwarz, C., Piotrowski, M., and Kück, U. (2006) Chloroplast heat shock protein Cpn60 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibits a novel function as a group II intron-specific RNA-binding protein. FEBS Lett., 580:4527-4532


2005
Hoffmeister, M., Piotrowski, M., Nowitzki, U., and Martin, W. (2005) Mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase of wax ester fermentation from Euglena gracilis defines a new family of enzymes involved in lipid synthesis. J. Biol. Chem., 280:4329-4338

Singh, P., Piotrowski, M., and Gau, A.E. (2005) Purification and partial characterization of an extracellular melanoprotein from the fungus Venturia inaequalis. Z. Naturforsch. [C], 60:109-115

Pütz S., Gelius-Dietrich, G., Piotrowski, M., and Henze, K. (2005) Rubrerythrin and peroxiredoxin: Two novel putative peroxidases in the hydrogenosomes of the microaerophilic protozoon Trichomonas vaginalis. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 142:212-223


2004
Piotrowski, M., Schemenewitz, A., Lopukhina, A., Müller, A., Janowitz, T., Weiler, E.W., and Oecking, C. (2004) Desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferases from Arabidopsis thaliana catalyzing the final step in biosynthesis of the glucosinolate core structure. J. Biol. Chem., 279:50717-50725

Sommer, N., Depping, R., Piotrowski, M., and Rüger, W. (2004) Bacteriophage T4 α-glucosyltransferase: Aspects of the catalytic mechanism and identification of an interacting protein. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 323:809-815

Gau, A.E., Koutb, M., Piotrowski, M., and Kloppstech, K. (2004) Accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins in the apoplast of a susceptible cultivar of apple (Malus domestica cv. Elstar) after infection by Venturia inaequalis and constitutive expression of PR genes in the resistant cultivar Remo. Eur. J. Plant Pathol., 110:703-711

Singh, P., Piotrowski, M., Kloppstech, K., and Gau, A.E. (2004) Investigations on epiphytic living Pseudomonas species from Malus domestica with an antagonistic effect to Venturia inaequalis on isolated plant cuticle membranes. Environ. Microbiol., 6:1149-1158

Kürkcüoglu, S., Piotrowski, M., and Gau A.E. (2004) Up-regulation of pathogenesis-related proteins in the apoplast of Malus domestica after application of a non-pathogenic bacterium. Z Naturforsch [C]., 59:843-848


2003
Piotrowski M., Janowitz T., and Kneifel H. (2003) Plant C-N hydrolases and the identification of a plant N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase involved in polyamine biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem., 278:1708-1712

Janowitz, T., Kneifel, H., and Piotrowski, M. (2003) Identification and characterization of plant agmatine iminohydrolase, the last missing link in polyamine biosynthesis of plants. FEBS Lett., 544:258-261

Park, W.J., Kriechbaumer, V., Müller, A., Piotrowski, M., Meeley, R.B., Gierl, A., and Glawischnig, E. (2003) The nitrilase ZmNIT2 converts indole-3-acetonitrile to indole-3-acetic acid. Plant Physiol., 133:794-802

Kramer, S., Piotrowski, M. Kühnemann, F., and Edelmann, H.G. (2003) Physiological and biochemical characterization of ethylene-generated gravicompetence in primary shoots of coleoptile-less gravi-incompetent rye seedlings. J. Exp. Bot., 54:2723-2732


2002
Kutz, A., Müller, A., Hennig, P., Kaiser, W.M., Piotrowski, M., and Weiler, E.W. (2002) A role for nitrilase 3 in the regulation of root morphology in sulphur-starving Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J., 30:95-106

Rutschmann, F., Stalder, U., Piotrowski, M., Oecking, C., and Schaller, A. (2002) LeCPK1, a calcium-dependent protein kinase from tomato. Plasma membrane targeting and biochemical characterization. Plant Physiol., 129:156-168

Ogrzewalla, K., Piotrowski, M., Reinbothe, S., and Link, G. (2002) The plastid transcription kinase from mustard (Sinapis alba L.). A nuclear-encoded CK2-type chloroplast enzyme with redox-sensitive function. Eur. J. Biochem., 269:3329-3337

Pollmann, S., Müller, A., Piotrowski, M., and Weiler, E.W. (2002) Occurrence and formation of indole-3-acetamide in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 216:155-161


2001
Boekema, E.J., Hifney, A., Yakushevska, A.E., Piotrowski, M., Keegstra, W., Berry, S., Michel, K.-P., Pistorius, E.K., and Kruip, J. (2001) A giant chlorophyll-protein complex induced by iron deficiency in cyanobacteria. Nature, 412:745-748

Piotrowski, M., Schönfelder, S., and Weiler, E.W. (2001) The Arabidopsis thaliana isogene NIT4 and its orthologs from tobacco encode β-cyanoalanine hydratase/nitrilase. J. Biol. Chem., 276:2616-2621

Vorwerk, S., Biernacki, S., Hillebrand, H., Janzik, I., Müller, A., Weiler, E.W., and Piotrowski, M. (2001) Enzymatic characterization of the recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana nitrilase subfamily encoded by the NIT2/NIT1/NIT3-gene cluster. Planta, 212:508-516


1999
Svennelid, F., Olsson, A., Piotrowski, M., Rosenquist, M., Ottmann, C., Larsson, C., Oecking, C., and Sommarin, M. (1999) Phosphorylation of Thr-948 at the C terminus of the plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase creates a binding site for the regulatory 14-3-3 protein. Plant Cell, 11:2379-2391


1998
Piotrowski, M., Morsomme, P., Boutry, M., and Oecking, C. (1998) Complementation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase by a plant H⁺-ATPase generates a highly abundant fusicoccin binding site. J. Biol. Chem., 273:30018-30023

Piotrowski, M. and Oecking, C. (1998) Five new 14-3-3 isoforms from Nicotiana tabacum L.: implications for the phylogeny of plant 14-3-3 proteins. Planta, 204:127-130


1997
Oecking, C., Piotrowski, M., Hagemeier, J., and Hagemann, K. (1997) Topology and target interaction of the fusicoccin-binding 14-3-3 homologs of Commelina communis. Plant J., 12:441-453


1996
Piotrowski, M., Liss, H., and Weiler, E.W. (1996) Touch-induced protein phosphorylation in mechanosensitive tendrils of Bryonia dioica Jacq. J. Plant Physiol., 147:539-546

On Nitrilases

2021
Woude, L.V., Piotrowski, M., Klaasse, G., Paulus, J.K., Krahn, D., Ninck, S., Kaschani, F., Kaiser, M., Novák, O., Ljung, K., et al. (2021) The chemical compound 'Heatin' stimulates hypocotyl elongation and interferes with the Arabidopsis NIT1-subfamily of nitrilases. Plant J., 106:1523-1540

Frerigmann, H., Piotrowski, M., Lemke, R, Bednarek, P., and Schulze-Lefert, P. (2021) A network of phosphate starvation and immune-related signaling and metabolic pathways controls the interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and the beneficial fungus Colletotrichum tofieldiae. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact., 34:560-570


2018
Woodward, J.D., Trompetter, I., Sewell, B.T., and Piotrowski, M. (2018) Substrate specificity of plant nitrilase complexes is affected by their helical twist. Commun. Biol., 1:186


2017
Lehmann, T., Janowitz, T., Sánchez-Parra, B., Pérez Alonso, M-M., Trompetter, I., Piotrowski, M, and Pollmann, S. (2017) Arabidopsis NITRILASE1 contributes to the regulation of root growth and development through modulation of auxin biosynthesis in seedlings. Front. Plant Sci., 8:36


2012
Stauber, E.J., Kuczka, P., van Ohlen, M., Vogt, B., Janowitz, T., Piotrowski, M., Beuerle, T., and Wittstock, U. (2012) Turning the 'mustard oil bomb' into a 'cyanide bomb': aromatic glucosinolate metabolism in a specialist insect herbivore. PloS One, 7:e35545


2009
Janowitz, T., Trompetter, I., and Piotrowski, M. (2009) Evolution of nitrilases in glucosinolate-containing plants. Phytochemistry, 70:1680-1686

Banerjee, A., Dubey, S., Kaul, P., Barse, B., Piotrowski, M., and Banerjee, U.C. (2009) Enantioselective nitrilase from Pseudomonas putida: Cloning, heterologous expression, and bioreactor studies. Mol. Biotechnol., 41:35-41


2008
Piotrowski, M. (2008) Primary or secondary? Versatile nitrilases in plant metabolism. Phytochemistry, 69:2655-2667


2007
Jenrich, R., Trompetter, I., Bak, S., Olsen, C.E., Møller, B.L., and Piotrowski, M. (2007) Evolution of heteromeric nitrilase complexes in Poaceae with new functions in nitrile metabolism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104:18848-18853

Kriechbaumer, V., Park, W.J., Piotrowski, M., Meeley, R.B., Gierl, A., and Glawischnig, E. (2007) Maize nitrilases have a dual role in auxin homeostasis and β-cyanoalanine hydrolysis. J. Exp. Bot., 58:4225-4233


2006
Piotrowski, M. and Volmer, J.J. (2006) Cyanide metabolism in higher plants: Cyanoalanine hydratase is a NIT4 homolog. Plant Mol. Biol., 61:111-122


2003
Park, W.J., Kriechbaumer, V., Müller, A., Piotrowski, M., Meeley, R.B., Gierl, A., and Glawischnig, E. (2003) The nitrilase ZmNIT2 converts indole-3-acetonitrile to indole-3-acetic acid. Plant Physiol., 133:794-802


2002
Kutz, A., Müller, A., Hennig, P., Kaiser, W.M., Piotrowski, M., and Weiler, E.W. (2002) A role for nitrilase 3 in the regulation of root morphology in sulphur-starving Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J., 30:95-106

Pollmann, S., Müller, A., Piotrowski, M., and Weiler, E.W. (2002) Occurrence and formation of indole-3-acetamide in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 216:155-161


2001
Vorwerk, S., Biernacki, S., Hillebrand, H., Janzik, I., Müller, A., Weiler, E.W., and Piotrowski, M. (2001) Enzymatic characterization of the recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana nitrilase subfamily encoded by the NIT2/NIT1/NIT3-gene cluster. Planta, 212:508-516

Piotrowski, M., Schönfelder, S., and Weiler, E.W. (2001) The Arabidopsis thaliana isogene NIT4 and its orthologs from tobacco encode β-cyanoalanine hydratase/nitrilase. J. Biol. Chem., 276:2616-2621


1998
Hillebrand, H., Bartling, D., and Weiler, E.W. (1998) Structural analysis of the nit2/nit1/nit3 gene cluster encoding nitrilases, enzymes catalyzing the terminal activation step in indole-acetic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol., 36:89-99


1996
Schmidt, R.C., Müller, A., Hain, R., Bartling, D., and Weiler, E.W. (1996) Transgenic tobacco plants expressing the Arabidopsis thaliana nitrilase II enzyme. Plant. J., 9:683-691

Hillebrand, H., Tiemann, B., Hell, R., Bartling, D., and Weiler, E.W. (1996) Structure of the gene encoding nitrilase 1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Gene, 170:197-200


1994
Bartling, D., Seedorf, M., Schmitdt, R.C., and Weiler, E.W. (1994) Molecular characterization of two cloned nitrilases from Arabidopsis thaliana: Key enzymes in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone indol-3-acetic acid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91:6021-6025


1992
Bartling, D., Seedorf, M., Mithöfer, A., and Weiler, E.W. (1992) Cloning and expression of an Arabidopsis nitrilase which can convert indole-3-acetonitrile to the plant hormone, indole-3-acetic acid. Eur. J. Biochem., 205:417-424

On Polyamine Biosynthesis

Baumann, S., Sander, A., Gurnon, J.R., Yanai-Balser, G., Van Etten, J.L., and Piotrowski, M. (2007) Chlorella viruses contain genes encoding a complete polyamine biosynthetic pathway. Virology, 360:209-217

Piotrowski M., Janowitz T., and Kneifel H. (2003) Plant C-N hydrolases and the identification of a plant N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase involved in polyamine biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem., 278:1708-1712

Janowitz, T., Kneifel, H., and Piotrowski, M. (2003) Identification and characterization of plant agmatine iminohydrolase, the last missing link in polyamine biosynthesis of plants. FEBS Lett., 544:258-261

With Our Q-TOF

Bohne, A.V., Schwarz, C., Schottkowski, M., Lidschreiber, M., Piotrowski, M., Zerges, W., and Nickelsen, J. (2013) Reciprocal regulation of protein synthesis and carbon metabolism for thylakoid membrane biogenesis. PLoS Biol., 11:e1001482

Gesell, A., Díaz Chávez, M.L., Kramell, R., Piotrowski, M., Macheroux, P., and Kutchan, T.M. (2011) Heterologous expression of two FAD-dependent oxidases with (S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase activity from Argemone mexicana and Berberis wilsoniae in insect cells. Planta, 233:1185-1197

Benz, M., Bals, T., Gügel, I.L., Piotrowski, M., Kuhn, A., Schünemann, D., Soll, J., and Ankele, E. (2009) Alb4 of Arabidopsis promotes assembly and stabilisation of a non chlorophyll-binding photosynthetic complex, the CF₁CF₀-ATP synthase. Mol. Plant, 2:1410-1426

Kong, F.J., Li, Y., Abe, J., Liu, B., Schaller, F., Piotrowski, M., Otagaki, S., Takahashi, K., Matsuura, H., Yoshihara, T. and Nabeta, K. (2009) Expression of allene oxide cyclase from Pharbitis nil upon theobroxide treatment. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73:1007-1013

Hossain, M.B., Piotrowski, M., Lensing, J., and Gau, A. (2009) Inhibition of conidial growth of Venturia inaequalis by the extracellular protein fraction from the antagonistic bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Bk3. Biological Control, 48:133-139

Morant, A.V., Bjarnholt, N., Kragh, M.E., Kjærgaard, C.H.; Jørgensen, K., Paquette, S.M., Piotrowski, M., Imberty, A., Olsen, C.E., Møller, B.L., and Bak, S. (2008) The β-glucosidases responsible for bio-activation of hydroxynitrile glucosides in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol., 147:1072-1091

Jenrich, R., Trompetter, I., Bak, S., Olsen, C.E., Møller, B.L., and Piotrowski, M. (2007) Evolution of heteromeric nitrilase complexes in Poaceae with new functions in nitrile metabolism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104:18848-18853

Schwarz, C., Elles, I., Kortmann, J., Piotrowski, M., and Nickelsen, J. (2007) Synthesis of the D2 protein of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas is controlled by a high molecular mass complex containing the RNA stabilization factor Nac2 and the translational activator RBP40. Plant Cell, 19:3627-3639

Nowrousian, M., Piotrowski, M., and Kück, U. (2007) Multiple layers of temporal and spatial control regulate accumulation of the fruiting body-specific protein APP in Sordaria macrospora and Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genet. Biol., 44:602-614

Piotrowski, M. and Volmer, J.J. (2006) Cyanide metabolism in higher plants: Cyanoalanine hydratase is a NIT4 homolog. Plant Mol. Biol., 61:111-122

Balczun, C., Bunse, A., Schwarz, C., Piotrowski, M., and Kück, U. (2006) Chloroplast heat shock protein Cpn60 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibits a novel function as a group II intron-specific RNA-binding protein. FEBS Lett., 580:4527-4532

Hoffmeister, M., Piotrowski, M., Nowitzki, U., and Martin, W. (2005) Mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase of wax ester fermentation from Euglena gracilis defines a new family of enzymes involved in lipid synthesis. J. Biol. Chem., 280:4329-4338

Singh, P., Piotrowski, M., and Gau, A.E. (2005) Purification and partial characterization of an extracellular melanoprotein from the fungus Venturia inaequalis. Z. Naturforsch. [C], 60:109-115

Pütz S., Gelius-Dietrich, G., Piotrowski, M., and Henze, K. (2005) Rubrerythrin and peroxiredoxin: Two novel putative peroxidases in the hydrogenosomes of the microaerophilic protozoon Trichomonas vaginalis. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 142:212-223

Piotrowski, M., Schemenewitz, A., Lopukhina, A., Müller, A., Janowitz, T., Weiler, E.W., and Oecking, C. (2004) Desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferases from Arabidopsis thaliana catalyzing the final step in biosynthesis of the glucosinolate core structure. J. Biol. Chem., 279:50717-50725

Gau, A.E., Koutb, M., Piotrowski, M., and Kloppstech, K. (2004) Accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins in the apoplast of a susceptible cultivar of apple (Malus domestica cv. Elstar) after infection by Venturia inaequalis and constitutive expression of PR genes in the resistant cultivar Remo. Eur. J. Plant Pathol., 110:703-711

Singh, P., Piotrowski, M., Kloppstech, K., and Gau, A.E. (2004) Investigations on epiphytic living Pseudomonas species from Malus domestica with an antagonistic effect to Venturia inaequalis on isolated plant cuticle membranes. Environ. Microbiol., 6:1149-1158

Sommer, N., Depping, R., Piotrowski, M., and Rüger, W. (2004) Bacteriophage T4 α-glucosyltransferase: Aspects of the catalytic mechanism and identification of an interacting protein. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 323:809-815

Kürkcüoglu, S., Piotrowski, M., and Gau A.E. (2004) Up-regulation of pathogenesis-related proteins in the apoplast of Malus domestica after application of a non-pathogenic bacterium. Z Naturforsch [C]., 59:843-848

Piotrowski M., Janowitz T., and Kneifel H. (2003) Plant C-N hydrolases and the identification of a plant N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase involved in polyamine biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem., 278:1708-1712

Janowitz, T., Kneifel, H., and Piotrowski, M. (2003) Identification and characterization of plant agmatine iminohydrolase, the last missing link in polyamine biosynthesis of plants. FEBS Lett., 544:258-261

Kramer, S., Piotrowski, M. Kühnemann, F., and Edelmann, H.G. (2003) Physiological and biochemical characterization of ethylene-generated gravicompetence in primary shoots of coleoptile-less gravi-incompetent rye seedlings. J. Exp. Bot., 54:2723-2732

Rutschmann, F., Stalder, U., Piotrowski, M., Oecking, C., and Schaller, A. (2002) LeCPK1, a calcium-dependent protein kinase from tomato. Plasma membrane targeting and biochemical characterization. Plant Physiol., 129:156-168

Ogrzewalla, K., Piotrowski, M., Reinbothe, S., and Link, G. (2002) The plastid transcription kinase from mustard (Sinapis alba L.). A nuclear-encoded CK2-type chloroplast enzyme with redox-sensitive function. Eur. J. Biochem., 269:3329-3337

Boekema, E.J., Hifney, A., Yakushevska, A.E., Piotrowski, M., Keegstra, W., Berry, S., Michel, K.-P., Pistorius, E.K., and Kruip, J. (2001) A giant chlorophyll-protein complex induced by iron deficiency in cyanobacteria. Nature, 412:745-748

Piotrowski, M., Schönfelder, S., and Weiler, E.W. (2001) The Arabidopsis thaliana isogene NIT4 and its orthologs from tobacco encode β-cyanoalanine hydratase/nitrilase. J. Biol. Chem., 276:2616-2621

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